diff --git a/src/pals/PALS.py b/src/pals/PALS.py
index 9354219..1dbd5b8 100644
--- a/src/pals/PALS.py
+++ b/src/pals/PALS.py
@@ -88,15 +88,6 @@ def unpack_json_structure(cls, data):
             data = inner
         data = dict(data)
 
-        # Authors are written as one-key `author:` dicts; unwrap them.
-        if isinstance(data.get("authors"), list):
-            data["authors"] = [
-                entry["author"]
-                if isinstance(entry, dict) and set(entry) == {"author"}
-                else entry
-                for entry in data["authors"]
-            ]
-
         # Unpack each facility element's name; facility is optional.
         if data.get("facility") is not None:
             if not isinstance(data["facility"], list):
@@ -113,13 +104,6 @@ def model_dump(self, *args, **kwargs):
         # Keep `version` in the output even when unset.
         data = {"version": self.version, **data}
 
-        # Restore the one-key `author:` form of each authors entry.
-        if self.authors is not None:
-            data["authors"] = [
-                {"author": author.model_dump(*args, **kwargs)}
-                for author in self.authors
-            ]
-
         # Reformat facility elements into their one-key named form.
         if self.facility is not None:
             data["facility"] = [elem.model_dump(**kwargs) for elem in self.facility]
diff --git a/tests/standard_examples_git_reference.txt b/tests/standard_examples_git_reference.txt
index 2f92b1d..c33bf17 100644
--- a/tests/standard_examples_git_reference.txt
+++ b/tests/standard_examples_git_reference.txt
@@ -7,4 +7,4 @@
 #
 # The first non-comment line is the pin: a full commit SHA of
 # https://github.com/pals-project/pals
-5c39fde043ddad7a961ede01a5ad73d90b098aec
+7ffec924f6109bebfb6a54196737ab48893a9a9f